GuanMuTong is a traditional Chinese medicine. It is harvested in autumn and winter and has the effects of clearing heart fire, promoting urination, and relieving menstrual pain and lactation. It is commonly used for oral ulcers, restlessness and red urine. However, it should be used with caution in two groups of people.
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[Properties and Channels of GuanMuTong]
GuanMuTong is cold and bitter in nature. It belongs to the heart, small intestine, and bladder channels. It is toxic.
[Functions and Indications of GuanMuTong]
GuanMuTong clears heart fire, promotes urination, and regulates menstruation and lactation. It is used for oral ulcers, restlessness and red urine, edema, painful and difficult urination, leucorrhea, amenorrhea with reduced lactation, and damp-heat arthralgia.
[Preparation of GuanMuTong]
Wash, soak slightly, moisten thoroughly, cut into thin slices, and dry in the sun.
This product is round and thin, with a yellow or yellow-white surface.
The wood part is wide and the ducts are large, arranged in multiple layers in a sieve-like pattern, with light-colored rays and an indistinct medulla.
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The periphery is grayish-yellow and rough.
The body is light and hard.
The aroma is slight and the taste is bitter.
According to the above method of determination, the extract should not be less than 12.0%.
[Dosage of GuanMuTong]
Oral administration: Decoction, 3-6g. External use: appropriate amount, decoction for fumigation and washing.
[Contraindications of GuanMuTong]
GuanMuTong should not be used by those without damp-heat syndrome or pregnant women. Excessive dosage can cause acute renal failure and even death.
